Food grater



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Filed Nov. 29, 1947 FOOD GRA'I'ER 2 Shee'tsSheet 1 INVENTOR 19yATTORNE-Y Patentecl Sept. 27, 1949 UN lT-ED STATES 2 2,483,161

, FOOD GRATER Giulio L. Terzini, Camden, NJ.

Application November 29, I947, Seriai No. 788,925-

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates in general to food graters, and has for itsprincipal object the provision of a machine of the kind indicated, ofsimplified design and rugged construction, assuring long life, ease ofadjustment, and improved operating facilities.

Another object is to provide an improved food grater, particular-1ydesigned for the grating or comminuting of cheese, vegetables, andvarious articles of food, on a commercial scale.

Another object is the provision of an efficient food grater,particularly designed and adapted to perform its functions withsimplicity of structure and wherever food products in general are to becomminuted.

Other objects and advantages of the improved, simplified design andconstruction will appear as the description proceeds, and will be morefully understood when taken in connection with the accompanying drawingswherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a preferred embodiment of theinvention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device, with parts broken away for clarityof illustration;

Fig. 3 is a transverse, sectional view Of the machine; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, elevational view, partly in section, of thehopper assembly and associated parts.

Referring now to the drawings wherein similar IE to which latter theoperating motor I3 is attached. A toggle switch I4 on the stand lpermits the motor to be turned on and off, as desired.

The arms I 2 have flanged ends, as at l5, which are secured by screws Hito an elongated casing, preferably formed of :a light material such asaluminum and designated generally at H, which serves, as hereinafterdescribed more fully, as a guard and housing for the endless belt andmoving parts associated with the motor and the food receiving hopper.

The casing I! includes a bottom plate [8 having an upwardly projectingboss I9 on which an arm is secured by screws 21. The enlarged outer end22 of the arm 20 is apertured and recessed, as at 23, to rctatablyreceive a stud shaft 24 which also journals in a hub 25 integrallyformed on the bottom [8 of the casing H. The lower end of the stud shaft24 is threaded-1y engaged in a central portion of a plate 26 forming 55ares OFFICE Cl. Mo -177)} a part of a comminuting member, designatedgenerally at 21, and having an annular recess 28 in which the upper endof a drum or grater el ment 29 is secured.

The grater 29 has integrally formed prongs 30 against which the food tobe comminuted is thrust, as described hereinafter. Secured to the studshaft 24 is a sheave 3| engaged by an endless Ebelt 32 in turn engagedby a sheave 33 on the shaft 34 of the motor l3. As best shown in Fig. 2,the mot-or shaft 34 is adjustably accommodated in an elongated slot 33aformed in the bottom plate iii. The casing ll also includes theoval-shaped encircling wall 35 on which a lid or cover 35 having adepending flange 31 and an oil cup, indicated generally at 38, isseated. The oil cup 38 may be adjusted to feed a predetermined amount oflubricant to the stud shaft 24 during operation of the machine.

A ring 39 fastened to the under surface of the plate l8 has detac'hablysecured to its inner periphery, as by the screws 39a, an enclosing orcovering member 40 on the lower portion of which a conical hopper 4| isremovably attached, as by the screws 41a. The member 40 is provided witha pair Of spaced, integrally formed arms 42, 43 in which afood-receiving chute, designated generally at 44, is secured. The chute44 comprises a bottom member 45 and two opposed sides 41, 48, the latterbeing suitably secured to the arms 42, 43. Slidably received in thechute 44, which communicates with the grater drum 29, is a pusher member49 which includes a block 50 having a front panel El and a handle 52.The end of the block 50, which engages the food, is preferably concaved,as at 53.

The function and mode of operation of the device, which have been inlarge measure indicated above, may be summarized as follows:

Assuming the motor I3 is energized from a source of power via theconducting cable l3a, movement will be communicated by the sheaves 3|,33 and the belt 32 to the stud shaft 24 on sheave 3!. As the stud shaftrotates, the attached grating drum 29 will comminute food thrustthereagainst by the pusher member 49. The comminuted particles of foodfalling into the hopper 4! may be collected in a receptacle beneath theopen outlet of the said hopper.

While certain preferred embodiments of the invention are hereinbeforeset forth, it is to be clearly understood that the invention is not tobe limited to the exact construction illustrated and described becausevarious modifications of the details may be provided in putting theinven- 3 tion into practice within the purview of the ap- 'pended claim.

What is claimed is:

In a food grater 0f the kind described, in combination, a stand, a motorarranged on said stand and having a shaft extending therefrom in avertical plane and in alignment with the longitudinal axis of the stand,an elongated casing, a lid for said casing, a shaft turnably supportedin the casing, means operably connecting the shaft t0 the motor, an armsupporting the last-mentioned shaft and fastened to the casing, a foodgrating member fastened to one end of the said last-mentioned shaft, acylindrical housing for the food grating element, a chute communicatingwith the grater and supported on the cylindrical housing, and a pusherblock slida-bly mounted in the chute.

GIULIO L. TERZINI.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,551,767 Oehmig Sept. 1, 19251,629,138 Adamson May 17, 1927 1,746,654 Hufford Feb. 11, 1930 1,789,776Sauls Jan. 20, 1931 2,416,432 Brady Feb. 25, 1947 FOREIGN PATENTS NumberCountry Date 200,012 Switzerland Dec. 1, 1938

